The transportation segment is an important business activity for Efacec Automation. Metros and railways require specific solutions for an optimized management of the railway system. Recently, Efacec Automation concluded a set of installations comprising automation systems for traction substations and technical supervision for infrastructure, at both national and international level.

Efacec Automation provided a railway system operator in Portugal - REFER, with the telecontrol system for four traction substations, two of which are situated at the Cascais Line (Cais do Sodré and Cruz Quebrada traction substations) and other two at the Beira Baixa line (Abrantes and Alferrarede traction substations).

Efacec Automation has further concluded site acceptance test for the Dundrum traction substation at the Dublin light metro Green line, in Ireland.

Efacec’s Automation solutions for railway and metro systems feature telecontrol, SCADA and automation for traction power substation and catenaries stations. These solutions also feature integrated communications systems and railway infrastructure technical supervision, together with seamless integration with other systems, such as public information solutions, signaling or train tracking and management solutions.

This set of concluded projects confirms the excellence of Efacec Automation products and solutions in the railway transportation domain. These new references reinforce the range of projects achieved in worldwide geographies, for the transportation operators of light and heavy metros, such as in Oporto, Lisbon, Tenerife, Messina, Singapore, Bergen, among others.

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